Ex-Albay gov acquitted after witnesses recant ‘jueteng’ claims

LEGAZPI CITY—The recantation of key prosecution witnesses, including an alleged “jueteng” bagman, helped clear former Albay Gov. Edcel Greco Lagman of indirect bribery and links to the illegal numbers game, with the Sandiganbayan ruling that the prosecution failed to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. In a decision released on Friday, the antigraft court’s Third

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